Recipe: Sweet Spiced Fig and Fortified Compote
Here is a recipe for a spiced fig compote to use the beautiful fruits we are picking from our four black fig trees that grow?by the creek.
Preparation Time: 15mins
Serves 4
Ingredients
450g/1 lb Fresh Figs, halved
1?Orange
100g/4 oz Sugar
150ml/5 fl.oz Water
150ml/5 fl.oz Sweet Sherry or Fortified Semillon (our bulk wine is perfect for this)
1 stick of Cinnamon
Instructions
- Pare the rind from the orange and squeeze out all the juice.
- Put the orange rind, juice, sugar, water, sherry and cinnamon stick into a saucepan and stir over a low heat until the sugar dissolves.
- Bring to the boil, stirring occasionally. Add the figs and simmer for 5 minutes. Discard the orange rind and cinnamon.
Serving suggestion
Serve ?hot with rice pudding, custard or cream and a glass of Liebichwein aged fortified such as Classic Semillon or Muscat